Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 660 Education Reform
Subsequently, Emperor Chongzhen modified a draft of Sun Chuanting's plan according to Liu Weichao's proposal, so that he could hold an imperial meeting in Wenhua Palace the next day.

One thing that is surprising is that the object of this meeting, in addition to the previous cabinet six ministers and nine ministers, there is even a sacrificial wine from the Imperial College.

At the beginning of the meeting, Emperor Chongzhen announced the latest strategic offensive plan, and at the same time asked all government offices to cooperate.

For example, for the logistical preparations for the upcoming war, food and supplies are the most important and cannot be escaped.

Also, for the battle in the Hetao area, how to carry out offensive defense after the victory, and how to use the land?The expansion of Guihua City, the direct connection of the railway, etc. must also be planned in advance.

In preparation for the expedition against the Wa Kingdom, the result of discussions was to expand the expansion within the framework of the Luzon Expeditionary Force.However, this matter is not urgent. Only after the Wa Kingdom sends as many troops as possible to North Korea, the expeditionary force to conquer the Wa Kingdom is needed.

It's just that during the meeting, everyone didn't know the situation of the Luzon Expeditionary Army, and they were afraid of some accidents.Even Sun Chuanting didn't dare to assert casually, because he was not familiar with naval battles.

The other one, of course, is to reinforce Wu Sangui's guerrilla warfare in North Korea to attract more troops from the Japanese army. At the same time, Shanhaiguan must cooperate with the front line, and Jianlu cannot send troops to cooperate.

This is the plan for the most important matters in the next few years. After discussing for a long time, the responsibilities of each yamen are clearly assigned, and it is considered to be a conclusion.

After the end, just when the officials thought it was all right and were about to step down, Emperor Chongzhen said again: "It will soon be another special scientific examination of Gewuxue. Due to the lack of talents in Gewuxue in the imperial court, I announce two things!"

As soon as the officials below heard it, they all bowed to listen to the will.At the same time, I also understand that this is probably the reason why Guozijian attended the meeting.

"First, in the future, Gewuxue will be the same as Confucianism, and establish systems at all levels, including Guozijian, Fuxue, Countyxue, and Sociology."

The official school system of the Ming Dynasty was established after Zhu Yuanzhang founded the country. They were the Guozijian in the central government, universities similar to later generations, prefectural schools and county schools, middle schools similar to later generations, and social studies, which are similar to elementary schools in later generations.

The officials in the Wenhua Palace were not surprised to hear Emperor Chongzhen's words. They all knew that Gewuxue would be the same sooner or later, so they had no objections and continued to listen intently.

"Secondly, Mr. Sociology is appointed by the local government after the assessment, and receives the imperial salary. The number of Mr. Sociology is given according to the distribution of the population and villages under its jurisdiction."

Regarding this sociology, the Ming Dynasty actually had no restrictions, or in other words, the imperial court didn't care about it at all.Those who have money in the locality open more social schools, and those who have no money can pool money to open a social school. All expenses are private, and the court does not care about the children who go to school. Learn to deal with it yourself.

In other words, this sociology is actually a private school.

Today, Emperor Chongzhen's announcement is tantamount to bringing sociology into the official system of the imperial court. Teachers must be appointed by the imperial court for assessment, which can be regarded as a formal establishment.

Hearing this decision, the officials in the Wenhua Palace looked at each other, but they didn't say anything in the end.

In fact, in many places where sociology is studied, this is already the case.Such as Yunnan and Guizhou.It can even be said that there are actually some discussions among the people that the court is unfair in this regard.Now the emperor's decision just happened to put an end to such voices.

When they were thinking about it, they heard Emperor Chongzhen go on to say: "The government schools, state schools, and county schools will cancel the catering students and study for free, but poor students can apply for interest-free stipends from the government office for them to complete their studies." .The "Er Ding" of exempting his family's errand remains unchanged! Social studies students can also apply for interest-free bursaries. These students can all be exempted from miscellaneous labor."

According to the regulations before the Ming Dynasty, the government provided “six buckets of rice” to each of the granshan students, who were actually considered to be famous, and provided them with free “fish and meat” meals. Students also enjoy the privilege of being exempted from military service, and can be exempted from their family errands.

In other words, those who are commonly known as scholars and above have the privilege of free meals when they are in middle school, but the corvee service remains unchanged; while those who study social studies, that is, those who are in elementary school, have increased their privileges. Free reading privileges, as well as exemption privileges.If the family is in difficulty, you can also apply to the government for interest-free money to study.

These people in the Wenhua Palace are of course smart people, but after hearing these changes in national policy from Emperor Chongzhen, they immediately understood that Emperor Chongzhen wanted to expand the number of scholars.

From a moral point of view, this is definitely a good thing!But in this way, it can be seen that the interests of people at the original scholar level have been damaged.They will be provided with "six buckets of rice" each month, and the free "fish" food discount will be gone.

If you think about it carefully, these people in the Wenhua Palace can also understand.Because in the past, these people were only about [-] in total. This expenditure cannot be said to be a lot, and the court can still afford it.However, once the enrollment of scholars starts to increase, the expenditure will increase as the number increases.

It can be clearly seen that this is the current emperor's determination to expand the enrollment of scholars as a permanent matter.Otherwise, no consideration will be given to future expenditures in this area.

Weighing these in mind, none of the people in the Wenhua Palace raised any objections in the end.

Generally speaking, as long as the interests are damaged, no one is happy.Even if the family background of those famous students are generally rich or above, it is not uncommon to pay six buckets of rice a month.However, if you really want to remove it, maybe it will be counted.

However, now, they are afraid that they will not be able to turn the sky.In the civil society, the Emperor's New Deal will benefit more common people, and those benefited common people will naturally go against the minority who have opinions;

On the temple grounds, if anyone claims that this is the ancestral system, then it is embarrassing. The treasures that the current emperor holds in contact with the Taizu Emperor must have the approval of the Taizu Emperor before changing the ancestral system.Therefore, the excuse of the ancestral system will no longer exist.

There is another one. Because of the matter of the Confucian family in Qufu, Emperor Chongzhen brutally killed a wave of scholars. Thousands of famous students rioted in the Gongyuan, and they killed as soon as they said they would.Now for such a small matter, who would not weigh the consequences if they make a fuss?
Therefore, when Emperor Chongzhen announced these new policies one by one, the courtiers basically had no objection, at most they had doubts and asked clearly.

Finally, Emperor Chongzhen said to his subordinates: "The Royal Academy of Sciences of the Ming Dynasty has never made a conclusion. Now, a new batch of talents who have passed the special examination of Gephysics are about to come out. Therefore, I announce that Mr. Royal Academy of Sciences of the Ming Dynasty, It is treated the same as Guozijian Guozixue, that is, it is divided into three levels: doctorate, teaching assistant, and direct lecture."

This level is not low, it is equivalent to only slightly lower than the Guozijian.However, the Royal Academy of Sciences of the Ming Dynasty, at least in the past, did not need to pass the first-level imperial examinations for scientific examinations, which was tantamount to a shortcut to the end.It is foreseeable that this will inevitably attract more young people to take the path of Gephysics.

Of course, Gewu studies will be consistent with Confucianism in the future, including social studies, county studies, state studies, and prefectural studies. It is hard to say what will happen in the future.

They didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen's education reform actually referred to the education model provided by later generations Liu Weichao to carry out the reform, which was divided into several steps.

Today, the Royal Academy of Sciences of the Ming Dynasty has only been included in the serious education system, which is slightly lower than the Guozijian.However, after the talents in the Royal Academy of Ming Dynasty were distributed to all walks of life and made remarkable achievements, he was ready to reorganize.

The Ming Dynasty education system recognized by Emperor Chongzhen is that social studies (elementary school) are free, county schools and state schools (junior high schools) are free, prefectural schools (high schools) are free, and then Guozijian (university), but management functions will be separated in the future. To become a real university similar to later generations; and the Royal Academy of Sciences of Ming Dynasty, similar to the Chinese Academy of Sciences of later generations, to do the top academic research.

However, these cannot be put in place in one step, and need to be gradually accepted by the people of Ming Dynasty.

For example, under the existing model that has been announced, there will be more and more scholars in the Ming Dynasty, and there will be more and more students from the top government schools, as well as the students from the Imperial Academy, and more Imperial Academy and government schools can be opened.In the future, the population of Ming Dynasty will increase, and there will be more scholars. According to the situation, it can become an education system model similar to that of later generations, and talents will be cultivated in layers.

After announcing these innovations, Emperor Chongzhen said with emotion: "I believe that all the ministers have felt that all the yamen are eager to seek talents for geophysics, and there are even cases of poaching people between yamen. Instead of this, it is better to expand Wouldn’t it be better to have a pool of talented people for Gephysics, so that every government office has enough talents to choose from, and contribute to the strength of Ming Dynasty and the prosperity of the people?”

These people in the Wenhua Palace are all the most senior officials of various departments of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, they know what Emperor Chongzhen is referring to.

Not to mention anything else, the two most common items in Daming, cement and steam engines, have been calling for important people.The theory of cement and steam engines, as well as improvements for different situations, have always required talents.Not to mention, other aspects.

Just like steam engines, even if they are used on warships, there are all kinds of steam engines, and it is impossible to be the same as steam trains.The emperor did know, but he only had one person, and it was impossible to personally guide every aspect.

Not to mention, it is said that there are internal combustion engines, generators, electric motors and other things on the emperor's side, all waiting for talents to do it!
Unlike history, which develops according to the rules, with Liu Weichao's golden finger, there is no shortage of advanced ideas and items, but there is a shortage of talents!This kind of urgency, as the person closest to the emperor, is the deepest feeling.

Just like that, the imperial meeting ended successfully, and the yamen began to move in response to the emperor's request.

But at this time, good news came from the south.

(End of this chapter)